Redirecting all HTTP requests to HTTPS

When configuring FotoWeb to use HTTPS, you will want to configure the server to only allow secure connections. To this end, a permanent redirect has to be made for all http requests to HTTPS. This article explains how to do that.

1. This step is only needed for FotoWeb 8.0 versions: Install the URL Redirect extension for IIS from Microsoft: https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite 
2. Open IIS Manager and select the website on which FotoWeb is hosted (NOT the «fotoweb» application)
3. Open URL Rewrite settings
4. Add a new rule and configure it as follows:

Set the URL pattern to (.*)

Add a condition with input{HTTPS} and “Matches the Pattern” with pattern value off

Set action type to Redirect, and set the redirect URL to https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}

Make sure Append query string is enabled.

The redirect type should be Permanent (301). Make sure to clear the browser cache before testing redirects as these are cached.